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Health (Iowa Department of Education)
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1769&Itemid=2545
Visit the Iowa Department of Education's web site on health to learn more about student and school health programs. The essential elements of effective school health programs include eight interrelated components.
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Complementary Learning
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Learning Supports
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=498:learningsupportsinitiat
Not every student comes to school motivationally ready and able to learn. On any given day, some students experience barriers that interfere with their ability to learn. Programs, services, practices, and strategies that help students overcome these barriers are called Learning Supports. Learning Supports can include a host of classroom approaches, school-wide programs, parent involvement, community partnerships, and youth engagement efforts.
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Complementary Learning
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Parent Expectations Support Achievement
http://www.lacoe.edu/orgs/166/index.cfm
PESA is a parent education program based on the belief that parents' expectations are the greatest predictor of their children's achievement, relationships, and ultimate success.
PESA is modeled after the highly acclaimed TESA (Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement) program , which has influenced a generation of teachers to have high expectations for all students.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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George Lucas Educational Foundation: Parent Involvement
http://www.edutopia.org/parent-involvement-reaps-big-benefits
The George Lucas Educational Foundation provides parents with articles, research summaries, video clips, and resources to support their involvement in their child's education. It also includes interviews with school professionals about how to build partnerships and families.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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National Community Education Association (NCEA)
http://ncea.com/
This organizationprovides leadership to those who build learning communities in response to individual and community needs.
It does this by providing its members with national and regional training conferences and workshops; specialized periodicals, publications, and products; opportunities for peer support and networking; and information and referral services. In addition it acts as an advocate for community education by working with related organizations and promoting at the national, state, and local levels: parent and community involvement in public education;
the formation of community partnerships to address community needs; and
the expansion of lifelong learning opportunities for all community residents.
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Communities
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Family-Friendly Tip Sheets
http://www.floridapartnership.usf.edu/resources/tips.htm
The Florida Partnership for Family Involvement in Education provides tip sheets and handouts on engaging families in improving achievement.
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Learning at Home
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Family-Friendly Tip Sheets
http://www.floridapartnership.usf.edu/resources/tips.htm
The Florida Partnership for Family Involvement in Education provides tip sheets and handouts on engaging families in improving achievement.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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Center for Community Change: Action Guide for Education Organizing (2004)
http://www.communitychange.org/library/Action%20Guide%20-%20final.pdf/?searchterm=None
This Action Guide is aimed at experienced community organizers, new to the arena of school reform. The Action Guide will set the context for campaigns, provide sources for research and information, and it will offer examples of campaigns, issues, strategies, and tactics.
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Communities
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National Urban League - Education and Youth Programs
http://www.nul.org/what-we-do/our-programs/education-and-youth
The National Urban League Education & Youth Division works to improve educational opportunity for African-American students through scholarships, academic achievement initiatives, early child care/developmental programs, mentoring opportunities and youth leadership development.
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Cultures and Diversity
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National Urban League - Education and Youth Programs
http://www.nul.org/what-we-do/our-programs/education-and-youth
The National Urban League Education & Youth Division works to improve educational opportunity for African-American students through scholarships, academic achievement initiatives, early child care/developmental programs, mentoring opportunities and youth leadership development.
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Closing the Achievement Gap
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National Urban League - Education and Youth Programs
http://www.nul.org/what-we-do/our-programs/education-and-youth
The National Urban League Education & Youth Division works to improve educational opportunity for African-American students through scholarships, academic achievement initiatives, early child care/developmental programs, mentoring opportunities and youth leadership development.
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Communities
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No Child Left Behind User Guide
http://www.edtrust.org/dc/publication/no-child-left-behind-user-guide
This guide provides user-friendly information on NCLB that parents and communities can understand and use. This guide highlights key aspects of the NCLB law in user-friendly language helping parents and communities use NCLB for advocacy.
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No Child Left Behind
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Parent and Community Data Guide
http://www.edtrust.org/dc/publication/parent-and-community-data-guide
This easy-to-use guide gives parents and the public the tools to collect and analyze school data to improve student achievement.
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Communities
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College Partnerships - Fairfax County Public Schools
http://www.fcps.edu/dss/ips/counseling/CollegePartnership/colpart2.htm
This site provides ideas for school districts as they seek to involve all students in pursuing college. Activities begin in middle school to increase students' and parents' understanding of higher education programs and college life. 98% of graduating seniors in the program enroll in college.
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College Information
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College Partnerships - Fairfax County Public Schools
http://www.fcps.edu/dss/ips/counseling/CollegePartnership/colpart2.htm
This site provides ideas for school districts as they seek to involve all students in pursuing college. Activities begin in middle school to increase students' and parents' understanding of higher education programs and college life. 98% of graduating seniors in the program enroll in college.
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High Schools
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College Partnerships - Fairfax County Public Schools
http://www.fcps.edu/dss/ips/counseling/CollegePartnership/colpart2.htm
This site provides ideas for school districts as they seek to involve all students in pursuing college. Activities begin in middle school to increase students' and parents' understanding of higher education programs and college life. 98% of graduating seniors in the program enroll in college.
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Middle Schools
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College Partnerships - Fairfax County Public Schools
http://www.fcps.edu/dss/ips/counseling/CollegePartnership/colpart2.htm
This site provides ideas for school districts as they seek to involve all students in pursuing college. Activities begin in middle school to increase students' and parents' understanding of higher education programs and college life. 98% of graduating seniors in the program enroll in college.
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Closing the Achievement Gap
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Kettering Foundation
http://www.kettering.org/foundation_programs/public_education
Kettering studies the relationship between the public and the education system, exploring practices that can help the public regain a sense of ownership over their public schools.
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Advocacy
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Individual Graduation Plan
http://tinyurl.com/pirc17
The new web-enabled Individual Learning Plan (ILP) provided by the Kentucky Department of Education helps secondary students (grades 6-12) better focus their coursework on individual goals as they prepare for post-secondary studies and careers.
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Middle Schools
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Individual Graduation Plan
http://tinyurl.com/pirc17
The new web-enabled Individual Learning Plan (ILP) provided by the Kentucky Department of Education helps secondary students (grades 6-12) better focus their coursework on individual goals as they prepare for post-secondary studies and careers.
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High Schools
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Schools to Watch
http://www.schoolstowatch.org/
"Schools to Watch" is an initiative launched by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform in 1999. The National Forum is an alliance of more than 60 educators, researchers, and officers of national associations and foundations dedicated to improving schools for young adolescents across the country.
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Middle Schools
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Educators for Social Responsibility
http://www.esrnational.org/
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) helps educators create safe, caring, respectful, and productive learning environments. They also help educators work with young people to develop the social skills, emotional competencies, and qualities of character they need to succeed in school and become contributing members of their communities.
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Cultures and Diversity
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Education Trust: Parent and Community Engagement
http://www.edtrust.org/
The Education Trust is committed to providing parents and community-based agencies with the tools and help they need to make the most of the reform efforts that are underway in most communities. There is more information available these days than ever before. Use this site to help make the most of it for your kids.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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Education Trust: Parent and Community Engagement
http://www.edtrust.org/
The Education Trust is committed to providing parents and community-based agencies with the tools and help they need to make the most of the reform efforts that are underway in most communities. There is more information available these days than ever before. Use this site to help make the most of it for your kids.
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Communities
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Tellin' Stories
http://teachingforchange.org/programs/tellinstories/tellin
Tellin’ Stories, a program of Teaching for Change, believes that for schools to provide the quality education our children deserve, families, schools and communities must be involved as purposeful partners in the education process. At the heart of Tellin’ Stories’ efforts to engage families and staff is the power of story to connect people from diverse backgrounds, to pass on valuable information and experiences and to organize collective action.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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Tellin' Stories
http://teachingforchange.org/programs/tellinstories/tellin
Tellin’ Stories, a program of Teaching for Change, believes that for schools to provide the quality education our children deserve, families, schools and communities must be involved as purposeful partners in the education process. At the heart of Tellin’ Stories’ efforts to engage families and staff is the power of story to connect people from diverse backgrounds, to pass on valuable information and experiences and to organize collective action.
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Communities
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Parent Involvement Toolkit for School Leaders
http://www.fcps.net/administration/departments/community-support/family-involvement/tool-kit
This tool kit is a resource for school leaders--principals, teachers, school counselors, parents, Title I coordinators, family resource and youth services center directors--anyone who is working to involve parents in helping students achieve at higher levels.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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Center for Law and Social Policy - Child Care and Early Childhood
http://www.clasp.org/issues?type=child_care_and_early_education
CLASP’s child care and early education work focuses on promoting policies that support both child development and the needs of low-income working parents and on expanding the availability of resources for child care and early education initiatives. CLASP examines the impact of welfare reform on child care needs; studies the relationships between child care subsidy systems, the Head Start program, pre-kindergarten efforts, and other early education initiatives; and explores how these systems can be responsive to the developmental needs of all children.
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Communities
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PBS Padres!
http://www.pbs.org/parents/about/spanish/
Aquí encontrará información acerca del desarrollo de su hijo, desde su nacimiento hasta sus primeros años escolares. Además, usted encontrará muchas actividades educativas divertidas para sus hijos a fin de ayudarlos a estar listos para la escuela. Nuestras Guías de PBS Padres tocan aspectos importantes relativos a los primeros años de vida de su hijo tales como el hecho de estar preparado para la escuela y su desarrollo social y emocional. Usted podrá también encontrar información acerca de los programas favoritos de PBS Kids de sus hijos: los horarios de la programación en el área de su localidad, actividades educativas relacionadas con los programas, explicaciones de las metas educativas e inclusive ¡ayuda para hacer una fiesta de cumpleaños inspirada en uno de los temas de un programa de PBS Kids!
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en Español
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Over Half of Low-Income Children Live with Parent Who Works Regularly
http://www.aecf.org/KnowledgeCenter/Publications.aspx?pubguid={919FA6EE-E4AA-4875-9F93-959F5FAC1967}
This report addresses the data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey shows that in 2005, nearly 29 million U.S. children lived in low-income families. The majority of
these children, or nearly 15 million, had at least one parent who worked regularly, These families are living on the economic edge—despite regular employment—and struggling to make ends meet.
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Communities
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Student Core Curriculum Plan (8th Grade Plan)
http://tinyurl.com/iowapirc11
The Iowa Department of Education offers this downloadable information and technical assistance for the development of 8th Grade Core Curriculum Plans, required of all students graduating after 2011, which includes the 8th graders of 2006-2007.
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Careers
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Student Core Curriculum Plan (8th Grade Plan)
http://tinyurl.com/iowapirc11
The Iowa Department of Education offers this downloadable information and technical assistance for the development of 8th Grade Core Curriculum Plans, required of all students graduating after 2011, which includes the 8th graders of 2006-2007.
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High Schools
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Student Core Curriculum Plan (8th Grade Plan)
http://tinyurl.com/iowapirc11
The Iowa Department of Education offers this downloadable information and technical assistance for the development of 8th Grade Core Curriculum Plans, required of all students graduating after 2011, which includes the 8th graders of 2006-2007.
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Middle Schools
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Procedural Safeguards Manual for Parents Rights for Children Ages 3-21
http://tinyurl.com/iowapirc10
The Notice of Procedural Safeguards: Rights of Parents of Students with Disabilities explains the specific rights and responsibilities of the parent in the special education process. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004 (IDEA 2004) requires school districts to give parents the Procedural Safeguards only one time a year, except upon: initial referral or on request for evaluation; the first occurrence of the filing of a due process hearing complaint; or upon request by a parent.
Note that manual is downloadable from this site.
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Special Education
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Procedural Safeguards Manual for Parents Rights for Children Ages Birth - 3
http://tinyurl.com/iowapirc10
Parents have rights, known as procedural safeguards, which apply to every aspect of the early intervention process, such as evaluation, access to records, and Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP) team participation. State and federal laws and regulations outline what needs to happen for eligible infants and toddlers with conditions or developmental delays to enhance their growth and development. This document serves as your procedural safeguards notice and will help you understand the rights available to you and your child through a federal law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) Part C and the Iowa Administrative Rules for Early ACCESS Integrated System of Early Intervention Services.
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Special Education
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Iowa Department of Education: Special Education
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=574&Itemid=2126
The Iowa Department of Education's web site addresses assessment and testing, data profiles, parents information, programs and services, funding, conflict resolution, etc.
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Special Education
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Iowa Department of Education: English Language Learners
http://tinyurl.com/iowapirc3
The Iowa Department of Education's web site on ELL shares the law, contact information, funding sources, guidance for the development of programs, and best practices in serving English Language Learners.
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ELL
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Iowa Choices: Career Planning Center
http://tinyurl.com/iowapirc2
Choices® is Iowa’s state-wide career information and decision making system, designated by the Iowa Department of Education. Choices®, a tool for helping you determine a career and educational path to accomplish your goals, is provided by the Iowa College Student Aid Commission.
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Careers
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